The best way to manage your cash flow as a startup? Hold on to your money.

By offering a license with no up-front costs for commercial use of our patented technologies, we’re letting companies hold onto their cash while securing the intellectual property needed to carve out competitive market space.

These technologies have been vetted for technical and commercial viability by NASA and external sources.

Patents are maintained and protected by the US Government.

NASA technical personnel and facilities can be available to lend additional support.

Of course, a few rules apply:

This offer is open only to companies formed with the express intent of commercializing the licensed NASA technology.

NASA waives the initial licensing fees, and there are no minimum fees for the first three years.

Once the company starts selling a product, NASA will collect a standard net royalty fee. This money goes first to the inventor and then to maintaining the agency’s technology transfer activities and technology advancement.

This announcement applies to only non-exclusive licenses, which means other companies may apply for similar rights to use the technology for commercial purposes. However, NASA will consider further exclusivity if the startup wishes to negotiate.

Companies entering into these licenses are bound by all requirements in federal licensing statutes and NASA policies, including development of a commercialization plan and reporting on efforts to achieve practical application.

While NASA does license to foreign entities, this start-up agreement is only available to companies in the United States.